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Exodus 32:5

Aaron
Sin

3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

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BSB
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
KJV
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
WEB
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
ASV
And when Aaron saw [this], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.
DARBY
And Aaron saw [it], and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah!
BLB
And Aaron saw, and he built an altar before its face. And Aaron proclaimed and said, “Tomorrow [is] a feast to YHWH.”
ÅB
Da Aron så dette, bygget han et alter for den og lot utrope: Imorgen er det høytid for Herren!
OTB
Da Aron så dette, bygde han et alter foran den og proklamerte: «I morgen skal det være en fest for Herren.»
B1930
Da Aron så dette, bygget han et alter for den og lot utrope: Imorgen er det høitid for Herren!

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 10:20

    And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

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  • Leviticus 23:37

    These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

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  • Leviticus 23:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:5

    So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

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  • Hosea 8:11

    Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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  • Hosea 8:14

    For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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  • Leviticus 23:4

    These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

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  • Leviticus 23:21

    And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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